Leyva's 23andMe

[Leyva]

This is my updated 23andMe results. I now have a lot unassigned. My European, Native American and Sub-Saharan African decreased, meanwhile my Western Asian & North African increased.

My yDNA is based on my FamilyTree DNA result, 23andMe gives me a very different haplogroup.

I have been mistaken for many ethnicities and mixes. I mostly get Indian, in Dubai to my surprised I passed locally with no problem. In Europe I either got mistaken for Pakistani or Egyptian (Egyptian by Egyptians themselves), I hardly got mistaken for any other North African nationality other than Egyptian. In some occasions while eating in caribbean restaurants I would get asked "what part of the Caribbean are you from?", in which I would reply back with "where do you think I am from?", their answer would be either Trinidad or Guyana.

My hair texture is wavy
I am 6 feet 1inch tall
My eyes are hazel
And my skin color can get really dark during the summer, and lighter during the winter

 

[Carlito's Way]

i hate the new update 23andme put out, the whole unassigned and the percentage decreased on basically all of the categories was just stupid
that is why i dont bother with the new update, i still rep my old one lol

 

[IberoTarasco]

Nice results Leyva, what's your known ethnicity, if you don't mind asking?

 

[Ezio1]

i hate the new update 23andme put out, the whole unassigned and the percentage decreased on basically all of the categories was just stupid
that is why i dont bother with the new update, i still rep my old one lol

Same brah. The new update 23andme is cray cray.

 

[IberoTarasco]

Yup, I was 66% Caucasoid when I first tested in 2016, now I'm 58% Caucasoid, it's like WTF, my Amerindian & SSA remained about the same, though.

 

[Leyva]

Nice results Leyva, what's your known ethnicity, if you don't mind asking?

I'm mexican born in Tampico, Tamaulipas

 

[Latinus]

I'm mexican born in Tampico, Tamaulipas

Is that you in the avatar? I associate your face more with Brazil than Mexico.

 

[Leyva]

Is that you in the avatar? I associate your face more with Brazil than Mexico.

Yes that is my face
Makes sense because my ssa is higher than the norm for a mexican but more normal for a brazilian
But I'm not atypical in my city at least not physically but I am atypical if we take into account the whole state of Tamaulipas which is more mestizo, harnizo and castizo

 

[El_Abo]

I'm mexican born in Tampico, Tamaulipas

Wow highest SSA I've ever seen in a Mexican, looks like you also have some Malay ancestry

Is higher SSA common in Tampico

 

[Leyva]

Wow highest SSA I've ever seen in a Mexican, looks like you also have some Malay ancestry

Is higher SSA common in Tampico

It should be more common than in other parts of Tamaulipas (the state). Within the 30 years, the state has been receiving a large number of people from Veracruz (southern mexican state), many of them look triracial already

The Malay ancestry is the most interesting one for me, I would like to learn more about it and who my ancestors were but unfortunately, that might be a bit hard because they were most likely slaves and with no records other than their hispanicized names and maybe location

 

[Kurdquistador]

ever thought about modelling bro ? no homo

 

[Leyva]

ever thought about modelling bro ? no homo

No haha, I never thought I had the male model look but maybe, I guess its never too late to audition for modeling 😅